@netburgher: "As always, take it with a grain of salt.
But:  If you've been thinking about looking at other OSes, this is a 
good time to make a face-to-face comparison.  Win7 against Ubuntu 9.04 
(or 9.10) for example.  Whichever though, to move from one OS to another 
takes some planning.  The move, however, is nothing outrageous  and is 
about as pernicious as planning a migration from XP to Win7.  Anyway...
Steven Vaughan-Nichols over at Computerworld wrote a "cautionary" 
article about why /not/ to move onto Win7:
<<url>
The quotable:
<quote>
And this has the added benefit of being true.  It really is more of the 
same.
The questionable:
I can't agree with this.  I was able to run a *very* snappy beta & RC on 
a p4 2.8MHz with 1GB ram.  It was very nice... As responsive as Win2k.
The omission:
No mention of DRM.  It's draconian and, even if it doesn't bite you in 
the butt right away, it should bother you that MS and the recording 
industry and film industry have assumed control over your OS.  More on 
this from Schneier: 
<<url>
fwiw,
-Craig"
    @Spam: "On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:50:48 -0700, Craig <email_address>
wrote Re 7 Reasons to skip Win7:
<quote>
Good one. Thanks.
I filter all messages from google groups."
    @jeffreybloss: "<quote>
What a joke. 
     _?_      Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
    (@ @)         Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
-oOO-(_)OOo-[ Groucho Marx ]
    grok!             Devoted Microsoft User"
    @Yrrahhellogoodbye: "Craig <email_address>:
<quote>
Yes that's very worrying. There is a lot out there about Vista,
Windows7 and DRM. But there is also DRM at the hardware. 
<<url>
Yrrah
Some of the best of the best in Freeware
<url>"
    @Yrrahhellogoodbye: "Craig <email_address>:
<quote>
"Draconian DRM Revealed In Windows 7"
<url>
Yrrah
Some of the best of the best in Freeware
<url>"
    @al: "<email_address> says...
<quote>
Bullshit... apples and oranges. Keep your geek opinions to yourself, 
loser. 
Al"
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